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Houston mourns four firefighters |
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Written by JAMIE STENGLE, Associated Press
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Sunday, 02 June 2013 06:25 |
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Anne Sullivan was a gifted athlete filled with energy who came out of high school with a focus on being a firefighter. But about a month after graduating from the Houston Fire Department Academy, the 24-year-old was among four firefighters who died while searching for people they thought might be trapped in a blazing Houston motel and restaurant.
"She had a lot of energy and had her heart set at that," her father, Jack Sullivan, told The Associated Press on Saturday.
Also killed in the collapse during the Friday afternoon fire at the Southwest Inn were: Capt. Matthew Renaud, 35, who had been with department for 11½ years; Engineer Operator Robert Bebee, 41, who joined the department almost 12 years ago; and Firefighter Robert Garner, 29, who joined the department 2½ years ago.
The Houston Fire Department said 14 firefighters were taken to the hospital Friday. One remained in critical condition on Saturday and another underwent surgery. The rest were in stable condition and several have been released from the hospital.
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Wildfire: New Mexico fights blazes; California area evacuated |
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Written by RUSSELL CONTRERAS, Associated Press
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Sunday, 02 June 2013 06:21 |
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Firefighting teams in California and New Mexico are battling early season wildfires that have blackened thousands of acres and threatened homes and building, spurring numerous evacuations.
Residents of more than 1,000 homes were ordered to leave as erratic winds pushed a wildfire closer to two foothill communities, where officials said five structures, possibly homes, were destroyed Saturday.
Meanwhile, an uncontained blaze near Santa Fe, N.M., had spread to nearly 10 square miles by Saturday night, making it apparently the largest of several wildfires burning in the West as it placed the city under a blanket of haze. The thick smoke also covered the Gallinas Canyon and Las Vegas, N.M.
The fire in New Mexico's Santa Fe National Forest is burning just 25 miles from the city, prompting the Red Cross to set up an emergency shelter at a nearby high school.
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Five dead in tornado in Oklahoma City area, 50 hurt |
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Written by SEAN MURPHY, Associated Press
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Saturday, 01 June 2013 05:49 |
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Tornadoes rolled in from the prairie and slammed Oklahoma City and its suburbs, trapping people in their vehicles as a storm swept down an interstate highway while commuters tried to beat it home.
Five people were killed, including a mother and baby killed near Union City. Another person died at El Reno, the first city struck by the storm, said Amy Elliott, a spokeswoman for the state medical examiner. Circumstances involving the other two deaths weren't immediately known, Elliott said.
About 50 people were hurt, five critically, hospital officials said.
Meteorologists had warned about particularly nasty weather Friday but said the storm's fury didn't match that of a deadly twister that struck suburban Moore last week. Violent weather also moved through the St. Louis area, ripping part of the roof off a suburban casino.
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Last Updated on Saturday, 01 June 2013 05:47 |
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Jean Stapleton, TV's Edith Bunker, dies at 90 |
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Written by JAKE PEARSON & LYNN ELBER, Associated Press
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Saturday, 01 June 2013 18:50 |
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NEW YORK (AP) — Jean Stapleton, the stage-trained character actress who played Archie Bunker's far better half, the sweetly naive Edith, in TV's groundbreaking 1970s comedy "All in the Family," has died. She was 90.
Stapleton died Friday of natural causes at her New York City home surrounded by friends and family, her children said Saturday.
"It is with great love and heavy hearts that we say farewell to our collective Mother, with a capital M," said her son and daughter, John Putch and Pamela Putch, in a statement. "Her devotion to her craft and her family taught us all great life lessons."
Little known to the public before "All In the Family," Stapleton co-starred with Carroll O'Connor in the top-rated CBS sitcom about an unrepentant bigot, the wife he churlishly but fondly called "Dingbat," their daughter Gloria (Sally Struthers) and liberal son-in-law Mike, aka Meathead (Rob Reiner).
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Divers removing sunken I-5 Skagit River bridge |
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Written by Associated Press
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Saturday, 01 June 2013 05:43 |
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — Divers probably have a couple more days of work to remove the collapsed section of the Interstate 5 bridge from the bottom of the Skagit River, the Washington Transportation Department said Friday.
It's slow work, using heavy equipment to break up the pavement in cold, murky water, spokesman Travis Phelps said.
Workers also have to take care to preserve girders the National Transportation Safety Board needs for its investigation of the May 23 accident.
When the NTSB clears the site, the state Transportation Department will inspect the piers. If they're OK, a contractor can fill in the collapsed section with a temporary 160-foot span.
The department is still on track to reopen two lanes of the freeway in each direction by mid-June, Phelps said from an office in Shoreline.
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